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VMware vSphere 5.5 Cookbook

By : Abhilash G B
Book Image

VMware vSphere 5.5 Cookbook

By: Abhilash G B

Overview of this book

Table of Contents (22 chapters)
VMware vSphere 5.5 Cookbook
Credits
About the Author
About the Reviewers
www.PacktPub.com
Preface
Index

Adding the software iSCSI adapter


The software iSCSI adapter is not created by default. It has to be manually created and enabled. In this recipe, we will learn how to enable the software iSCSI adapter. There can only be one software iSCSI adapter per ESXi server.

Getting ready

The software iSCSI adapter will use the VMkernel network stack to establish sessions with the iSCSI targets. Hence, by default it will use the management network's VMkernel interface (vmk0). It is recommended that you create a different VMkernel interface for iSCSI or NFS. This will become essential when the management network is in a different subnet than the IP Storage network. For instructions on how to create a VMkernel interface, read the recipes Creating a VMkernel interface on a standard vSwitch and Creating additional VMkernel interfaces on a VDS in Chapter 6, Configuring vSphere Networking. Also, when you create the ports you do not have to select a traffic type, because there isn't one specifically for IP...